Lot 303: Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea

Lot 303: Author: Hemingway, Ernest. Title: The Old Man and the Sea. Place Published: New York. Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons. Date Published: 1952. Description: (8vo) original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, pictorial jacket. First Edition. First issue jacket, with the photograph of Hemingway on the rear panel printed with a blue hue. This was later changed to olive green, and mention of Hemingway winning the Nobel Prize was added. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the book which finally earned the Nobel Prize for Hemingway. Hanneman A24. A. Jacket chipped at spine ends, a few short tears; light staining to cloth, some loss to silver spine lettering, previous owners' names on front endpaper; very good.
PBA Galleries' Sale 563: Fine Literature with the Wayne Martin Collection of Jack London
Thursday, 25th June 2015
Estimate: $500-800